June 08, 2011, 2:30PM

MOBILE, Alabama -- Ignoring the wishes of the mother, the Alabama Department of Human Resources used race and ethnicity as the basis for granting custody of a Baldwin County infant to foster parents in Foley, a federal lawsuit here alleges. Full story »

April 08, 2011, 10:50AM

The bill would require divorcing parents to create a parenting plan designating when the child would be with each of them. If the parents could not agree, the judge in the case would order joint custody with equal time, regardless of where each lives. The measure would also allow material gifts to count toward child support, and establish a rotating odd-even-number-year system of primary parental authority over a child's decisions such as athletics, academics, religion and medical care if the parents were in disagreement. Full story »